Bulbs Archives - Rolling Green Nursery

09 Oct

Fall Bulbs Equal Spring Color

Bulb Selection

Bulbs should be firm when selected, not mushy or soft, as that signals a dead or bad bulb. Occasionally mold may form on the outer skin, but can easily be brushed off and causes no harm to the bulb. Many bulbs will naturalize,...

19 Sep

What Are Fall-Planting Bulbs?

Fall-planting bulbs are some of the easiest flowers to grow. With planning, and some patience, a novice gardener can create a spectacular spring display. As winter nears its end, the progression of color can create an eye-popping landscape that will make you the envy...

11 Oct

Saffron Crocus

Are you looking for something new and unique to add to your perennial herb garden? Consider fall-blooming Saffron Crocus. Saffron is one of the most expensive herbs in the world because each delicate red stigma from the Crocus Sativa must be removed by hand...

13 Oct

Plant Happiness

This Fall, Think Spring.

Whether you are a gardener or not, by February, everybody in New England begins to crave catching a glimpse of the color green, especially the growing, living, emergance of spring green. The anticipation of seeing all the bright colored flowers that...

06 Oct

Plant the Stinking Rose – aka Garlic

Dig. Drop. Done.

Are you looking for a new crop to try this year? Consider garlic, the stinking rose! Planting hardneck garlic in the fall will actually provide you with two different crops in early and mid summer: the first is garlic scapes and the...

19 May

Bulb It!

Use spring, summer and fall blooming bulbs as fillers. I pack spring blooming bulbs Tulips, Daffodils, Fritillaria, Camassia, Allium, Erythronium (trout lily), Martagon; summer blooming bulbs Asiatic, Trumpet, Oriental, Orientpet; and fall blooming bulbs Crocus and Colchicum in among my perennials and shrubs to...

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